Nail-stripper.



G. MARSHALL.

NAIL STRIPPER.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 2, 19m.

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GEORGE MARSHALL, OF LO S ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Snecifi'cati-on of Letters Patent.

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Application filedMay 2, le s. Serial No. 232,085.

. Ze wh m. it o c Be it known that I Gnoadii MARsHaLL, a citizen of the United States. residing at Los Angeles, in the county, of Los Angeles and State of California,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Nail-Strippers,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains particularly to,fa

nail stripperv having ahopper anda, runway provided with a d b-01f leading therefrom. The inv nt n r des par larl in h runway, and, the primary object thereof is .to jp royide a nail stripper in which the. wastag'edn assejmbling .thenailsffor; use, is a mln'imum.

'. MQI, par ularly,itisan .object of this inyention to provide a nail stripper with a runwayhaving means to hold back the nails as they, approach the cut-ofii. so. that the r speedwill' be checked and they will jump th. runways withsubstantiallyno wastage l this point f lt is another .object of this invention to @proyide, a nail stripper having .av runway 's0. .co.ustructed that the jarof nailing will ,n'ail, stripper. Fig. 2 is afragmentaryplan view on an enlarged scale; of a portion of the lower trough and the runway. Fig. 3 is enlarged section as seen on the line 3,3 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is an enlargedsec- 'tion as seen on the line 44' of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isan enlarged fragmentary plan view of the runway showing the hold-back. Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged side elevation ofthe assembler. Fig.8 is a plan view of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is asection. as seen on theline 9 .9 of Fig. 7 Fig. 10 is a detail plan view showing the means for adjusting the rails of the upper portion of the runway.

The nail stripper is of the portable type, and so constructed that it may be taken down and placed in a carrier. The carrier serves as a base and comprises a body 11 and cover sections 12 and 13. As these form no part of my invention, they will not be further described.

Supported upon the base by means of adjustable standards 15 and 16 is a hopper 14.- The standards are duplicated on the opposite sidegof the stripper. The hopper is inclined so as. to feed nails into a trough 17.-

Secured to the hopper by means of a bracket "18 is a vibrator 19. A battery ofcells. 2O

suppliesenergy to thevibrator, and the flow of current is controlled by a switch 21. This switch is preferably a push button and may beinstalled on the bench at any, point, convenient for use by the box maker.

The troughlZ is p-ivotally supported at one end upon the standard 16. so that its inclinationmay, be adjusted. The, forward end hasa link 18 pivotallysecured. thereto, and ivoted to link 18 is. a link 19'. The joint bet-weenlinkslS and 195 may be fixed by means of a nut,20. The end of the link "19. is provided with a slot 21. A bolt and Jnut.22 disposed on standard 16 and extend-- .ing through slot21' serves to secure, link '19.".to, standard 16. It, is obvious from the construction justdescribed that trough 17 opposite, sides of the stripper. The trough 1;? comprises. aprons'23 and 24 extending to a V' shaped bottom consisting of sidewalls 25 and 26 which are, spaced to form a slot 27. At the head end of the slot 27 is a starter 28 which consists of a strip overlying the slotand secured to walls 25 and 26.

Nails pass from the hopper into the trough,-

finall reaching the slotted portion thereof. Rails 29 and 30 are disposed at theslot 27 and form arunway for thenails. They are,

adjustable to and from each other to vary ,mayhaveits inclination adjusted. In order ,to; make the construction more s tabl e,. the standards and links are duplicated upon the the width of the slot and accommodatethe stripper to nails of different sizes. Extendi'ng between the standards 16 is a bar Referring more particularly to Fig. 10, bar

3l'has two longitudinally elongated opena ings 32 and two transversely elongated openings 33. Bar 30 is provided with bolt holes for registering with the opening 32. It is obvious that rail 30 may be adjusted transversely of itself. Bar 29 has two bolt holes registering with openings 33 so that it may be adjusted longitudinally of itself for a purpose later described. The rails 29 and 30 are secured in their adjusted position by tightening the bolts which fasten them to the bar 31.

Referring particularly to Figs. 5 and 6, it will be seen that bar 29 is reduced in thickness at the end where it is curved, as

indicated at 34. An extension 35 is secured thereto by means of a bolt 36. i The rail is turned backwardlyso thatthe runway has a backward bend. The bolt hole in rail 34 is elongated so that extension 35 may beadjusted withrespeot to rail 30, and thereby the width of the slot in the runway to conform at its lower end with its width at its "upper end. Rail30 and extension 35 end above an assembler,

The assembler consists otrails 36 and 37- disposed in 'alinement with rail 30 andextension 35. The space between the runway and assembler provides a cutoff. Secured I to a link l8 is "a support 38 which has an arm '36 and 37 thereto;

39at' itslower end extending transversely. Secured to the arm 39 by means of a bolt is an angle plate 40. Bolt holes are provided inthe angle plate 40 for securing the rails The bolt holes for rail 36 are elongated transversely of the rail for adjustment of the rails 36 and 37 to and from each other to vary the width. of the slot therein. Bolts are passed through reg- J isteri'ng holes in the rails '36and 37 and the angle 4.0. A starter 41 which hasa beveled edge disposed across the slot between rails 36 and 37. This starter. insures that the heads ofthe nails will bestartedso that they are in position to properly overlap one another in the assemblerfi A series of bolt holes 42is provided the support 38 so, that theflcut-otf may be adjusted as to ;dis'.

tance." It will be also noted from Fig. '8

' that' the bolt hole in angle member 40 which registers with the bolt hole in arm 39 s is. elongated to provide for-transverse ad'- i the runway.

justment of the assembler and alinement with the, runway. Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 4, it will be noted that the runway has adip .at the curve therein as indithe trough they enter the V shaped portion fat the head end, thepoints entering the slot in the runway. The nails then slide down the runway to the hold-back 44, where their speed is checked. They then pass out through the hold-back with less speed and more stability. They next jump the cutoff and pass into the assembler. As the first nail reaches the end of the runway in the assembler, its head overlaps the starter 41. This disposes the first nail in its proper posi- This con- The stripper table where the box maker is Working. Each stroke of the hammer jars the stripper. It

, is possible to so'adju'st the stripper that nails will pile up in the runway back of the holdback, and will start down the hold-back one at a time: upon eaeh stroke of' the hammer.

In this way the nails are fed slowly one at a time as the box makerneeds them. I H

. WhatI claim is: j V

l. A nailstripp'er comprising an inclined runwayv having a laterally curved dip therein intermediate its ends to provide a holdback for checking the flow of nails' 2.. A nailstripper comprisingv an inclined runway'for nails having a dip therein to provide ahold-back for checking, the flow of nails and a eut-ofi beyond said dip torwith drawing nailsysaid' dip and cut-0E being disposed intermediate the ends of the runway.

D runway for nails having a laterally curved dip therein to provide a hold-back for checking the flow of nailsand a cut-olf.

7 4c, In a nail stripper, a runwayfor nails comprisingtwo rails adjustable to and from' each other, said runway havin a return u. A nail stripper comprising an inclined curve therein, an extension at sai curvead- 4 .justably connected to one of'said' rails to provide for adjustment of the slot beyond said curve, and a cut-off.-

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have'hereunto subscribed my name this 23rd dayofApril, 1918. I GEORGE MARSHALL...

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